Name: Morley
Gender: Unisex (Male and Female)
Usage: Morley is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a unisex (male and female) name.
People having the name Morley are in general originating from United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Morley is: Of the moor.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Morley is ranked on the 25,439th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 7900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Morley has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Morley for each year.
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History and Origin
Morley is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Adrian Morley (born 1977), English rugby league football player
- Angela Morley (1924–2009), English composer and conductor
- Bert Morley (1882–1957), English international footballer
- Christopher Morley (1890–1957), American writer and editor
- David Morley (1923-2009), British paediatrician
- Edward W. Morley (1838–1923), American scientist
- Eric Morley (1918–2000), British founder of the Miss World pageant
- Felix Morley (1894–1982), American journalist
- Frank Morley (1860–1937), British mathematician
- Fred Morley (1850–1884), British cricketer
- Henry Morley (1822–1894), British writer
- Henry Morley (cricketer) (1785–1857), English cricketer
- Jack Morley (1909–1972), Welsh rugby player
- John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838–1923), British politician and Secretary of State for India
- John David Morley (born 1948), English novelist
- Karen Morley (1909–2003), American actor and political activist
- Lawrence Morley (born 1920), Canadian geophysicist
- Lewis Morley (born 1925), English photographer
- Luke Morley (born 1960), English musician
- Malcolm Morley (born 1931), British-American artist
- Michael D. Morley (born 1930), American mathematician
- Nathan Morley (born 1974), British television journalist and host
- Patrick Joseph Morley, Irish politician
- Paul Morley (born 1957), British journalist of the music scene
- Peter Morley (filmmaker), German-born British documentary filmmaker
- Robert Morley (1908–1992), British actor
- Ruth Morley (1925-1991), Austrian-born American costume designer
- Sean Morley (born 1971), Canadian wrestler
- Steve Morley (born 1981), Canadian football player
- Sylvanus Morley (1883–1948), American archaeologist, epigrapher, and Mayanist scholar
- Thomas Morley (1557 or 1558 – 1602), English composer
- Trevor Morley (born 1961), English football player
Given name:
- Morley Callaghan (1903–1990), Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright and broadcaster
- Morley Safer (born 1931), Canadian news reporter
- Morley (artist) (born 1982), Artist
- Morley (singer), American singer-songwriter
English: transferred use of the surname, which originated as a local name from any of the numerous places in Britain named with the Old English elements mōr moor, marsh + lēah wood or clearing.
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